First Minister John Swinney and members of the Ukrainian community were mong those at the Edinburgh Castle event.

With a mix of flattery and frank talk, the center-left Starmer made the case to the Republican president to remain cautious as he goes about ending the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II. The British premier started the visit by delivering an invitation from King Charles III to come to Scotland for a “historic” state visit — noting it was an “unprecedented” honor since Trump already had been given the royal treatment by Queen Elizabeth II during his first term.

More than 28,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Scotland since the Russian invasion three years ago. In the coming months, many of those will be applying for an extension scheme to allow them to remain for another 18 months.

With a mix of flattery and frank talk, the center-left Starmer made the case to the Republican president to remain cautious as he goes about ending the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II. The British premier started the visit by delivering an invitation from King Charles III to come to Scotland for a “historic” state visit — noting it was an “unprecedented” honor since Trump already had been given the royal treatment by Queen Elizabeth II during his first term.

John Swinney faces questions from opposition party leaders and backbench MSPs at FMQS This week Scottish Lib Dems leader Alex Cole-Hamilton joins the Conservatives' Russell Findlay and Labour's Anas Sarwar in posing the questions The leaders all begin by saying they stand with Ukraine on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion Findlay challenges Swinney on the number of public bodies in Scotland and says the size of SNP state is "out of control" The FM says he number of public bodies has fallen since the SNP came to power Sarwar points to the attainment gap and says generations of young Scots are being let down by education standards Swinney insists the government is creating better outcomes for young people You can watch FMQs here with us just click on the Watch Live icon at the top of the page Edited by Paul McLaren Good morning and welcome to today's live coverage of First Minister's Questions at Holyrood.

Before FMQs got fully under way, each party leader made a brief statement of support for the Ukraine marking the third anniversary of the Russian invasion The leaders all begin by saying they stand with Ukraine on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay lambasted the number of public bodies in Scotland and said the "bloated SNP state" was out of control Findlay challenges Swinney on the number of public bodies in Scotland and says the size of the SNP state is "out of control" The FM disputed these figures and said the overall gap had reduced by 60% since 2009-10 Sarwar points to the attainment gap and says generations of young Scots are being let down by education standards Alex Cole-Hamilton,

The prime minister said 'nobody wants to see that' after an angry clash between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky was televised on Friday.

Speaking to the PA news agency at Bute House, his official residence in Edinburgh, Mr Swinney said Mr Zelensky was “the courageous leader of the courageous Ukrainian people” and a “completely unacceptable sequence of events” had taken place at the White House.

He said it is currently hard to see the visit going ahead given ‘shocking’ events in the Oval Office involving Volodymyr Zelensky.

Keir Starmer also unveiled plans to set up a “coalition of the willing” to defend Ukraine and to guarantee peace, backed with British “boots on the ground and planes in the air”, during an emergency NATO summit held in London today.

Andrii Madzianovsky told MSPs the ‘country which is actually at war’ must be at the table for talks on ending the conflict.

First Minister John Swinney and members of the Ukrainian community were mong those at the Edinburgh Castle event.